Another song about the Parramatta River. This time I've tried to encapsulate 30 000 years of history in 3 minutes. I grew up at Melrose Park in the 1960s when the river was at its most polluted and the environment seriously threatened. I now live a few kilometres downstream at Ryde and it is much cleaner, well used and flourishing. I have used a bit of Aboriginal and historical language in my song. If you're not familiar with it here are a few translations: Eora: the Aboriginal nation of the eastern parts of Sydney Darug: the Aboriginal nation of the western parts of Sydney burra: means eel, that Parramatta (Burramatta) is named for wollumai: the black snapper of the Parramatta River (seen in the pic of the sculpture) Wangal: the Aboriginal clan on the south bank of the Parramatta River Wallumade: abbreviation of Wallumedegal, the Aboriginal clan north of the river gubbah: a not very complimentary name the Aborigines gave to white men Rose Hill: the name originally given to Parramatta Bennelong: famous Wangal man who was a mediator between black and white in the early colony (Sydney Opera House stands on Bennelong Point) Wallumetta: the name given to the Ryde area of Wallumedegal countrymore

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